Governing from left is dysfunctional

Jim Leach and the Press-Citizen Editorial Board are missing the point when they discuss congressional dysfunction.

For more than 50 years, I have been viewing our government from a conservative perspective. We are told that governing requires compromise to move the ball. I believe that is true. However, it seems to me the ball kept inching toward the left with every compromise. That has been true for over 40 of these years. Government just keeps getting bigger and more intrusive. It also gets more complicated and counterproductive.

The last five years the ball is racing toward the far left. This has created a huge chasm between conservative viewpoints and the left wing. We find ourselves as far apart as the south rim of the Grand Canyon is to the north rim. The chasm grew wider during Leach's time in D.C.

We now have a president who believes he has the power to refuse to compromise, balance a budget or reduce spending. He has the help of a media who applauds his non-negotiating stance.

Remember when the media was much more honest, more balanced and unbiased? Remember when Americans worked to earn their way to the middle class by the old-fashioned method of producing positive results for society through hard work?

Can we close the chasm? Probably not. That would require the left wing to finally understand and accept the traditional values that made American great once upon a time.

Arleigh Clemens

Coralville

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Governing from left is dysfunctional

Jim Leach and the Press-Citizen Editorial Board are missing the point when they discuss congressional dysfunction.